From the owner: Boat trips and cruises in Stockholm. Go to sea with your…read moreclients or friends and and let them experience the beauty of Stockholm from its best, the archipelago!

The hop-on hop-off boat and bus were both excellent and very useful during our stay in Stockholm…read more Both the bus and the boat had stops close to our cruise ship dock, so no other transportation was needed. The stops were easy to find and convenient to where we wanted to go, the map was pretty decent for a tour-bus map, and the commentary (headphones provided) was informative and interesting. Red Sightseeing also offers a canal and river tour, which was nice, quiet, and got us to some rarely seen areas of the city with very interesting architecture and lovely green space. The staff was helpful, courteous, and understanding when we made a scheduling/location error. All in all, this was an excellent, pleasant, and very affordable way to see much of Stockholm, to understand how important the waterways are to the city, and to get where we wanted to go. Do note that there are a few different red-colored hop-on hop-off buses and boats, so make sure you get the correct line.

After 2 days, we're pretty much popular with the famous buildings, we've gone around several time…read morewith their Red Bus, but it was also fun getting on the river sightseeing tour. You're provided with a map and a headphone. Easy enough! Where you get off from the bus, there's another ticket counter to purchase your ticket where you get on the boat, and we could have done all that, where we can also use the toilet (not in the same building), but it was around the corner, half a block from getting off the bus. We got off the boat after our tour, so we went back to where we got off from the bus, and the guy who sold us the ticket (saw us standing there!) and told us it's another half a block THAT WAY! So we missed the 1st Red bus! Yes, it had the Red Flag mark! Otherwise, we had fun with this boat tour!

Every year at my father's birthday we'll have dinner at Norrskär. The old steam boat takes us out…read moreinto the Swedish archipelago, stopping on islands as it goes to take on and let of passengers. There is an excellent restaurant on the ship, serving traditional Swedish food with a high class touch. The restaurant interior, as well as the rest of the ship, is beautiful and well preserved in it's original wooden style - more than a hundred years old. The restaurant is almost always fully booked, and you can chose between two sittings when booking. We always prefer the late sitting - which gives room to viewing Stockholm from the deck with a cold beer before dinner. If the weather is fine, this can be a sunny trip to paradise. If it's not that good weather, there's plenty of rustic and cozy seating inside. The food is excellent and solid but not extravagant in any way. I usually start with the löjromstoast (whitefish roe toast) which is a little piece of heaven. Every summer there's a new pick of fish and meat dishes for header. This year I went for a classical Biff Rydberg, which filled my belly and made me very satisfied. And there's something about steam boat crews. The waiters are always very knowledgeable, and seems to be happy and genuinely like their jobs. And when you get to travel out into the archipelago every day on an antique steam boat, why shouldn't you be? If you're really lucky, you might get to see the captain with crew take a dive from the roof during one of the longer stops.

An old vessel that every night guides an expectant crowd through Stockholms archipelago…read more The concept is to eat and drink while cruising through the waters of Stockholm. Main dish is all-you-can eat shrimps but nowadays they also added a Swedish Taco option for those who wants. Trip and food is a firm price and you just add what you want to drink to that. People tend to be a bit older on the trip so dont expect a party boat. Later during night they dock an island where you can walk around or dance if you want to. During trip they have a live band who plays hit songs from past. You will be back around 11:15 pm stuffed with both food and drinks if you want. A perfect way of enjoying the archipelago, but its probably more suitable for elder ppl.

If you visit Stockholm, you MUST take a boat tour. Even if you use a different company, make sure…read moreyou get out on the water because the views are absolutely mindblowing. Being from Minnesota, the area actually really really reminded us of our own national treasure, the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area. The landscape looks very similar and I'd guess (though I haven't looked at a map) that the two areas are similar latitude wise so that probably makes sense. The thing that was most surprising to us is that here at home, we have to drive six hours north almost into Canada to reach our favorite wilderness area, and here in Stockholm, you can be out on the water and enjoying nature in under half an hour from downtown (which is really urban and you can't even see the water). It's a really interesting mix of things and all in such a small geographic area. OK so if you choose this boat tour, as others have said, it's about 2.5 hours and basically takes you out and makes a loop. The boat is a nice boat ... large, with both indoor and outdoor seating,. So really you should be more than comfortable on your journey, though I can imagine that in the summertime and the height of tourist season, these boats are probably pretty packed. We were there in March, so the boat was less than half full, which was great. If you plan to sit upstairs outside to get the best possible view, bundle up. Even if it's warm out, it will be cold up there. The views are magnificent and the crew was super cool about letting you roam around the boat as you wished to take photos. The tour is also narrated, and our most impressive tour guide did the tour narration in English, German and Dutch after surveying the people on the boat to find out what languages they speak. I have no idea how many languages this gentleman speaks but he literally repeated everything in three different languages and fielded questions. Very impressive. The boat takes you by a lot of cool stuff, particularly the waterside amusemement park that sits on the banks of the water. But other than that, quite a value for the money and a really really wonderful way to see Stockholm!

Take the 2.5 hour cruise around Stockholm. You'll relax and take in some great views and maybe even…read moremake some friends.